The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Writing Credits

Arthur Conan Doyle
(characters) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Billy Wilder
(written by) and
I.A.L. Diamond
(written by)

Cast

Robert Stephens
Sherlock Holmes
Colin Blakely
Dr. Watson
Geneviève Page
Gabrielle Valladon
Christopher Lee
Mycroft Holmes
Tamara Toumanova
Madame Petrova
Clive Revill
Rogozhin
Irene Handl
Mrs. Hudson
Mollie Maureen
Queen Victoria
Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
Catherine Lacey
Woman in Wheelchair
Peter Madden
Von Tirpitz
Michael Balfour
Cabby
James Copeland
Guide
John Garrie
First Carter
Godfrey James
Second Carter
Robert Cawdron
Hotel Manager
Alex McCrindle
Baggageman
Frank Thornton
Porter
Paul Hansard
Monk
Philip Anthony
Lieutenant Commander
Graham Armitage
Wiggins
Charlie Young Atom
Submarine Crewman
Christopher Beeching
Male Dancer trying to seduce Watson
Kenneth Benda
Minister
George Benson
Inspector Lestrade
Anne Blake
Madame
Penny Brahms
Girl
Martin Carroll
Scientist
Ina De La Haye
Petrova's Maid
Michael Elwyn
Cassidy
Eric Francis
Gravedigger #2
Christopher Gable
Danseur Nobel
John Gatrell
Equerry
Ismed Hassan
Submarine Crewman
Marilyn Head
Girl
Sheena Hunter
Girl
Annette Kerr
Secretary
Teddy Kiss Atom
Submarine Crewman
Wendy Lingham
Girl
John Scott Martin
Scientist
Anna Matisse
Girl
Kynaston Reeves
Old Man
Daphne Riggs
Lady-in-Waiting
Phillip Ross
McKellar
Miklós Rózsa
Orchestra Conductor
Willie Shearer
Submarine Crewman
Judy Spooner
Twin
Tina Spooner
Twin

Produced by

I.A.L. Diamond
associate producer
Billy Wilder
producer

Music by

Miklós Rózsa
(as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by

Christopher Challis
director of photography

Editing by

Ernest Walter

Casting By

Lesley De Pettit
(as Lesley De Pettitt)

Production Design by

Alexandre Trauner
(as Alexander Trauner)

Art Direction by

Tony Inglis

Set Decoration by

Harry Cordwell
(uncredited)

Costume Design by

Julie Harris

Makeup Department

Biddy Chrystal
hairdresser
Ernest Gasser
makeup artist
Roy Ashton
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Larry DeWaay
production supervisor
Eric Rattray
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tom Pevsner
assistant director

Art Department

Leon Davis
construction manager
Vernon Dixon
set dresser
Terry Parr
set dresser
Michael Boone
draughtsman (uncredited)
Frank Willson
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Roy Baker
sound editor
Danny Daniel
sound recordist (as J.W.N. Daniel)
Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Dudley Messenger
sound recordist
Danny Daniel
sound recordist (uncredited)
Graham V. Hartstone
sound camera operator (uncredited)
John Hayward
re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Charlie McFadden
boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Cliff Richardson
special effects
Wally Veevers
special effects
Peter Hutchinson
special effects assistant (uncredited)
John Richardson
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Doug Ferris
matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Freddie Cooper
camera operator (as Frederick Cooper)
Danny Eccleston
electrician
Paul Jordan
clapper loader: second unit
Terry Cole
focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
John Palmer
focus puller (uncredited)
Bob Penn
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Dorothy Edwards
wardrobe supervisor: women (uncredited)
John Hilling
wardrobe supervisor: men (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Margaret Miller
assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Ivo Nightingale
location manager

Music Department

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra
Miklós Rózsa
conductor (as Miklos Rozsa)
Erich Gruenberg
violin soloist (uncredited)
Angela Morley
additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Lucie Svehlova
musician: solo violin, Tadlow re-recording (uncredited) / orchestra leader: Tadlow re-recording (uncredited)
David Tamkin
orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Elaine Schreyeck
continuity

Additional Crew

Maurice Binder
title designer: main title
David Blair
ballet advisor / dance arranger
Henry E. Lester
production consultant: Sir Nigel Films Ltd.
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